Triangular Football League

The Triangular Football League or New England Intercollegiate Football Association was an American college football conference. Its founding members were Dartmouth, Williams, and Amherst. The Triangular Football League was formed in 1892,^[2] and was a successor organization to the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (1887–1891) and the Northern Intercollegiate Football Association (1885–1886).^[3] MIT had been a member of the previous iterations as late as 1887, and Wesleyan became a member of the Triangular Football League by at least 1899.^[3]

Triangular Football League

Formerly	Northern Intercollegiate Football Association (1885–1886) Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (1887–1891) New England Intercollegiate Football Association (1892)
Founded	1885[1]
Ceased	1901
Sports fielded	College football

Football champions

1885 – Williams 1886 – Williams 1887 – MIT 1888 – Dartmouth and MIT 1889 – Dartmouth[4] 1890 – Williams 1891 – Williams[5] 1892 – Amherst[6] 1893 – Dartmouth[7]

1894 – Dartmouth 1895 – Dartmouth 1896 – Dartmouth 1897 – Dartmouth 1898 – Dartmouth 1899 – Wesleyan[8] 1900 – Wesleyan[9] 1901 – Williams[10]

See also

• List of Triangular Football League standings
• List of defunct college football conferences
• New England Small College Athletic Conference

References

1. "The New York Clipper Annual for 1893" (PDF). www.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
2. "Favoring A New League". The New York Times. New York, New York. May 26, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
3. Triangular Football League Archived July 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse.
4. "Dartmouth Wins The Pennant". The Sun. New York, New York. November 29, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Williams Material". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 21, 1891. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Amherst Wins The New England Championship". The Daily Standard Union. Brooklyn, New York. November 19, 1892. p. 8. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Won The Championship". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1893. p. 5. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
8. "Football". Olio. Junior Class, Amherst College: 164. 1901. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
9. "Football". Olio. Junior Class, Amherst College: 160. 1902. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
10. "Football". Olio. Class of 1903, Amherst College: 159. 1903. Retrieved April 12, 2021.